Is a fractional laser ablative or non-ablative?
Fractional describes the pattern, not the category. A fractional device treats columns of skin and leaves untouched tissue between them, and that pattern exists in both. What to ask about any device is whether the columns it makes are vaporised or simply heated, because that sets your recovery.
Which category is stronger for acne scars?
Neither wins on category alone. Published split-face work has compared fractional carbon dioxide against needle-delivered radiofrequency for acne scars in a single treatment, and the scar type decides more than the technology does. Tethered scars are usually released with a needle first, which is why scar plans here run as a sequence.
Does non-ablative mean there is no downtime at all?
No. It means the surface stays sealed, which is a different claim. Excel V frequently darkens treated vessels and turns pigment spots into fine crusts for several days, and needle routes leave a visible grid. Toning is the gentlest of the three to recover from, and even that leaves warmth and a flush on the day.
Do you offer full-face ablative resurfacing?
CO2 and erbium here are run per lesion and charged at ₩10,000 (≈ $5) for each one treated. Full-face ablative resurfacing is not on the price list. Where a whole field needs work, the plan is normally built from needle-delivered radiofrequency and, where scarring is tethered, from a release step beneath it.
Which category suits deeper skin tones better?
Energy absorbed by melanin needs more caution as pigment rises, so light-based routes run at lower settings with longer intervals in deeper tones. Radiofrequency does not read melanin the same way, and much of the published scar work on it was carried out in Asian patient groups. Your own settings come from the scan.
Can an ablative and a non-ablative treatment be done together?
Sometimes, where the fields are separate. A few discrete lesions treated per lesion can sit alongside a light-based session covering different skin on the same visit. Stacking both on the same inflamed field is avoided, because heat compounds and so does the recovery that follows it.
Is radiofrequency microneedling a laser?
It is not. There is no light involved: energy is generated by electrical resistance inside tissue and released from needle tips in the dermis. The word laser gets attached to it in marketing often enough that we correct it at consultation, because the aftercare and the pigment risks are genuinely different.
How many sessions does each category take?
Per-lesion ablative work often finishes in one visit for the lesions treated. Non-ablative light and needle routes answer to repetition, because collagen and pigment turn over across weeks. A likely range is given at the scan review and revised as your skin responds.
Which category is used for redness and visible vessels?
Non-ablative light, every time. Haemoglobin inside an intact vessel is the target, so the surface has no reason to be removed to reach it. Excel V carries both a shorter and a longer wavelength for exactly this, with the choice made lesion by lesion at the scan review.
Will an ablative treatment leave a scar?
The treated point heals as a small scab and then as new surface, and how it finishes depends on skin type, aftercare and whether the scab was disturbed. Temporary lightening or darkening of the spot is the more common outcome to plan for, and picking a scab early is the most avoidable cause of a lasting mark.
Does either category cost more for visitors from abroad?
No. The same published line applies to everyone, settled in KRW, with the USD figure alongside it shown as a reference that moves with the exchange rate. The receipt names the line you were actually treated on.
How do I find out which category my skin needs?
Send the consultation form with the areas that concern you and close-range photographs in side light, since raised lesions and texture show in raking light and vanish in a flat selfie. We reply in English as soon as possible, and the EVE Muse scan settles it properly on the day you come in.
